Prisoner No. 2
| CCAC #: | 0081 |
| Artwork title: | Prisoner No. 2 |
| Artist(s): |
Dumile Feni |
| Year made: | Unknown |
| Artwork type: | Paper |
| Medium: | Pen and ink on paper |
| Dimensions (mm): | 450 x 350 |
| Framed dimensions (in mm): | 750 x 6450 x 35 |
| Source: | Donated by Albie Sachs |
| Year acquired: | 2004 |
| Installation type: | Movable artwork |
| Location area: | On public display |
| Signage: | A theme of Feni's work is often the universal agony of man, rendered specific through his own experience of oppression in South Africa. His figures are frozen in a kind of agonised despair. The artist commented on the intent behind exhibiting his work, saying it was "to keep the conscience of the world alive to the issues at stake’. |
Photographer: Gisèle Wulfsohn
Photo copyright: CCT
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